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The City of Vancouver expects to repair 46,000 potholes this year, compared to Toronto’s 200,000. photo Dan Toulgoet According to the City of Vancouver, its street crews will repair aproximately 46,000 potholes this year.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau. SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts to protect Canada's coastlines from vessel spills includes new partnerships with Indigenous communities.

A home in Shaughnessy, an upscale neighbourhood in Vancouver is pictured, Tuesday, March, 13, 2018.

The Carnegie Community Action Project released a report Monday saying that 69 privately owned single-room-occupancy hotels rent for an average of $687 per month, a $139 jump over the previous year.

Sarah Willie, a city zero waste manager, with a bicycle dumped at the city’s new recycling depot on Yukon Street, near the Marine Drive Canada Line station. The new station opened three weeks ago.

Residents opposed to the proposed Kits Beach Park bike path rallied outside the Vancouver Park Board office Monday. Commissioners later passed a motion to refer the proposal back to staff for more information.

This sailboat washed up on Sunset Beach Friday. So far it’s unknown who the owner is. Photo Dan Toulgoet If you’re missing a sailboat, you might find it on Sunset Beach. A large northwest wind blew one to shore Friday.

While the RCMP’s handling of Colten Boushie’s death in Saskatchewan is perhaps the country’s most high-profile case of alleged police bias against Indigenous people, it’s a reality experienced in First Nations communities across B.C.

It’s easy to think that the problems facing Vancouver’s housing market are relatively new. But if you take a look back at headlines from 20 or 30 years ago, you’ll see a different story.

Bobby Joyce, a Vancouver man saved by North Shore Rescue last week, returns to Cypress Mountain. Joyce is warning other snowboarders and skiers to stay in bounds after a near-death experience in Montizambert Creek.